Photo credit: VOVA Thai ship has been caught selling oil illegally to a Vietnamese fishing boat in southern Vietnamese waters, a Coast Guard official said Sunday. The Coast Guard found documents showing how much oil the Thai vessel had sold to Vietnamese fishing boats in July. Vietnamese coast guard personnel inspect the Thai ship they caught smuggling diesel on July 22. According to the Coast Guard, oil smuggling has been rife in Vietnam’s southwestern waters since 2015. Takuzan 111 with seven crew members was carrying about 260,000 liters of diesel and pumping it into the fishing boat that managed to flee before the Coast Guard vessel could accost it, Colonel Pham Quang Oanh said.

Source: Thanhnien News July 25, 2016 03:11 UTC